Cash-register.



C PALMER.

R. 331mm, RECEIVER IN LUNAOY or SAID mum.

CASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION rum SEPT. 26, 1910.

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WITNESSES:

Patented. July 23, 1912.

G. PALMER. 3. 321mm, momma IN LUNAGY or SAID PALMER.

CASH REGISTER.-

APPLIOATIOII FILED SEPT. 26,,1910.

Patented. July 23, 1912.

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R. BRIDEN, REGEIVER m LUNAGY or sun PALMER.

CASH REGISTER.

APPLIOATIGN IILED SEPT. 26, 1910.

Patented July 23, 1912.

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wl wi G. PALMER. R. 1131mm, nmmvmz m LUNAGY or SAID PALMER.

CASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1910.

1,933,,55 Patented July 23, 1912.

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r UNITED STATE-S" ozmiiiins rA MER oFc TFoRD, ENGLANDEBY'ROBERT3111133151, z on i oNiioir Q: I YHENGLAND, RECEIVER IN LUNACY or sein'raaunnr L 1T0 all w/wmjt may con/cm .Be it known that I, Ronitiir' Blames;a subject of the King'of Great Britain and Ire.-

. la'nd, residing at London in England; aln

the'receiverwinlunacy of (nannies PAmn-m.

-who lias invented certain 'newand useful Improvements inCash-Registers, of which I I; declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description.

This invention relates to cash registers and has more particularrelationto that class .Qf-freg1sters provided with an antograplno jattachmentincluding-a: strip of'record ma- .teri.al adapted .to i-eceive'writtenentries of transactions. i a

1 sake of illustration, shown'as applied to the Thomas Carney, 497860,on May 23, 1893 andrefe'rence maybe had to'the said patent fora moredetaileddescription of a=machine of that type. --In machines of thistype there are generally provideda plurality of amount lceys adaptedwhen operated toregister and -;1ndicate'various amounts A-series ofspecial ,.-tnansact1( n ..keys".are also provided adapted to. indicatevariousclasses of special transactionssuch as charge, paid out l,

.--..receivedon account ,-and .ino sale; In registering a cashtransaction, ai'nountrkeys i-representing the amount of such transactionare depressed and sucha'mount is in-.

. (heated and recorded. If a charge, paid out, or 'received.on accounttransact-ion is to be recorded, the special key appropriate to theparticular class of transaction in hand mustrbe depressed in addition tothe amount e lbe 'debited or credited,1-and in tliecase-of a keys. Ifitis merely desired to open the cash drawer; without recording an. amountonly the fnosale key is depressed. It has been customary when using thisclass of ma:- chines. n IQCOICllIIg SPQCIEIl transactions, to place'inthe cash dra veitof the machine .a

paper. check or slip bearing-data pertaining to the transaction; 0, g, nthe case of. "a charge?" or, t receiyedon account trans- 'laction, thename of, theyperson to whose account the amount. of the transaction isto fpaid out transaction, Why theinoney was paid out; --Wi th. thatsystem there is-- always theipossibilityof-one of the slips becoming erecord is-t-herefore not entirely lost, -and th reliable. x p

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provide I improvedcdntrolling lin mechanism hein' ca )a'ble' i i r2,-each operation of the machine parts, the essential element's'of. which"are 'nis-m therefor described described 7 as follows: -.-'-The:.:machine To correct the above-defect in accounting In some systemsit-is;'desired-todiavethe on z'all transactions; *ln -tlie use of th'atttoautographi'c attachment" operate mly "when recording the specialclasses oftran'sactionsx whilein other uses it-is desired t attachmentoperated ht'ea-cli-actii" machine.

The principal ollia've 'tlie objectof im ntioii to for the autographicatt'ai li'nrent dntitylto render the said attachment when recordingspeci actions. i s j' p -{ith;these and incidental ob ect's in new, theinvention consists- 1ince tain novel "features of construction "and"?combinations of forth in appended claims; T and a preferred form ofembodiment of'ivliich -is hereinafter described with reference to tliedrawings which. accompany and :fornifli'Tt Of"' tl1e specification; iiFigure l is a'front View oi a-1nac'hin'e' with the present.improve'n'ients' sapplied thereto, the forward ends-'ofS-the key-detersbeing broken away for the sake of clearhessi Fig. 2 isa cross sectionoffitlie niachine 'showiiig the controlling anechanism for the-autographic attachment in one positionfof-ac'ljnstlnent. Fig. 3 isasectiOn.similar-to;Fig. 2 but showing the controlling' inechani-snr'inime rare mechamsinam another-position of adjustmentl IFig arisen 1enlarged sectional veiw 01* 4 the. autog; p'h'ic attachment showingthe-operating ech'a- The operation of the machine to *wh'ih the presentimprovements lares'Iappli-d is substantially the same. as i that: shod-hi'a-n'd in the iLIlOOVB .;n'1entionetl-i Lett'ers Patent but forconveniencemayihe briefly comprises a;-series of amount; =keyrlewers20i'and 9 specialkey levers 21-.:.=piv ot:i;ll a transverse rod '22-hungibet frames 23. .Each key-."Qlhand when operated to raise'-.1and'-:lower.

iou-iitedapn 'as key coupler-mechanism 2 tof rjvellliknowniform. 3510' ntliei side his: adapted writin table 33jsupported bythe side piecesTheikey coupler 24 is .pivotally mounted in the side frames-23 andextends above all the ke s and-21 to the; rear-of the rod 22. Kiountedto rest on the rear end of-e'ach of the keys 20 and 21..area series ofstandards 25, each ofwhich carries at its upper end a fiag. 26 of'wellilmownform and adapted to indicate-the record "made; {at-an operation ofitsappropriate key;'- At Jan I operation of on e 'of the -'..keys 20. or2 1 it sappropriate ndlcator flag. 26 beraised and heldin such ositionto {expose-to view,- througha s abe op ning-in-thelcabinet (not shown),the numeralsrwording c'a'r-;

ried thereby.

' For. convenience.the autographic attach mentis locatedat the--ri"g'ht"handend;of the machine and. comprises, the side pieces 27between Whic 'fl Q figfih i1T ds-28 and 29sup orting the supply andreceiving rolls 30 an 31. respectivel .The paper strip'32" isi'led fromthe supp y roll 3011p over the 27 an 'thendown-tothereceivingroll 31.

'1]; f-"tnefkeyjs'; and is provided w th downs e5; wardlrie e slmallns fw iish n rmal y;

-'Mountedohgfi-helside of the." receiving roll is a: feeding ratchetsteer-wring with a feeding paw135 carried y a'i ya as pa -any.

Mounted fast. on. a shaft 37'isn a bellfcrank lever 38, the'upwardlyextending. arm of whichis connected by a slot-and pm connection40 and 41 ton small-operating lever 42' pivoted loose on-"the..fro ckshaft 37. The other end of'the bellgcrank leverf38 is connecte'dTbya-link 43'tojlever 36, andupon the'o 'eration of the' levelt 2' Servesto rock Said everbontl therodf29z to rotate the 'feeding rat/chetg34,thereby to advance the.

record =strip};. retaining pawl 44 pivotedat- 45 to theside frame 27 isspring drawn inengagement with ratchet 34 thereb reventingany retrogrademovement of sd id ratchet; Tllhe'purpose'of the slot and inconnection"40-and 41 between the arm 39 and the lever42 is toermitrelative adjustment of the arm an jleverthereby tocontrol the feedfor the record stri 'As it'issometimes desired to unwind the recordstrip-from the-receiving roll 31 it is necessar to provide means fordisengaging the paw s 35 and 44 from the ratchet 34, to

permit of such unwindingl To effect such. a disengagementthere-ispivoted at 45, to

the frame 27, a lever 47 which, when rocked to the right glFig. 4), willengage pins 48 and 49 carrie by thepawls 35 and 44 respectively therebyto disengagesaid .pawls" from the eedingratchet 3.4.-

The mechanism Whitby the autographic devicemay be'=operated on all orcertain operations of the machine will now be de: scribed. .Pivoited'torsvring on rod 22' is: a yokefr'ame 50 whichframe extends acrossrestlon the upper edges of the special keys 21. Bylthis construction itwill readily be seen that the frame 50 will be rocked upon eachoperation of any one of the special keys 21 but will not be affected byan operation of any one of-the amount keys 20, as.

will thus be seen that an operation of a special key 21 will result inrocking frame .50 andthroug'h themedium of said frame :and theconnections just described, will rock shaft 37 and-consequently advancethe rec- 0rd strip 32.

As before stated it is sometimes desirable to have the autographicstripfed upon every operation of the machine regardless of the keyoperated. As the coupler 24 is actuated at every operation of themachine it forms aconvenient means for so operating the autographicattachment. Means are .provided for coupling 'the. feeding mechanism forthe autographic device to said coupler at will, 'said means com rising aplate 56 slotted at 57 t0 surroun and slide-.upon'rod 22 and its otherend being mounted to rest upon the framework of the machine. Plate 56 isnormally s ring drawn toward the front of the machine but such movementis prevented by a key stem 58 pivoted at 59 t0 the main frame of themachine and having a heavy leaf spring 60 adapted to engage in the notch61- in'the forward end of said plate 56. If it is desired to have theautographic device fed at every operationof the ma chine it is, merelynecessary to depress the key stem 58 to rock it around its pivot 59 andthus disengage the said leaf spring 60 from the notch- 61 in plate56,'thereby permitt-ingsaid plate to slide forwardly under the action ofits spring, thereby to cause the notch 62 formed in the rear end of saidplate to engage the flange'of'the coupler24, and also'to cause the lug63 formed on the upper edge of said plate. 56 to move beneath theshoulder 52 before mentioned. It will thus be seen that when the coupler24 is then rocked upon the operation of any one of the keys '20 or21,.its flange will engage the notch 62 and thus elevate the rear end ofthe plate 56. When the rear end of the plate 56 is so elevated, the lug63 will engage the shoulder .52 of the yoke 501 and raise said yoke in a-manner similar to theoperation given above with reference tothe'special keys. -When the shoulder 52 is so elevated it will, throughthe medium of pin 53, link 54, and arm 55, rock the shaft 37 and thusadvance the autographic strip; After so"operating.

the machine ifthe-op'rator may then desire 5.130

to 'a ain. have the autographic strip fed mere y when the special keysare operated,

it will only be necessary to raise the forward end of the key stem 58'tocause the leaf spring 60 to force said plate 56 rearwardly untilsaidspring again engages the notch 61 formed in said plate. It will thusbe seen that as long as said key stem 58 is in a raised position anoperation of the autographic strip .'will only be effected upon thedepression of. one of the special keys and then link 54, and arm 55.

through the medium of the lugs 51, yoke 50, shoulder 52, pin 53, link54, and arm 55. If it bedesired to have the autographic strip fed uponevery actuation of the machine a depression oft-he key stem 58 willcause the plate 56 to engage with the key coupler 2i and then upon theactuation of said coupler at each operation of the machine theautographic strip will be fed through the, medium of the plate 56,shoulder 52, pin 53,

While the form of mechanism herein shgwn and described is admirablyadapted to fulfil the objects primarily stated it 1s to be understoodthat it is not intended to confine the invention to the one form ofembodiment herein shown and described as it is susceptible of embodimentin various forms all coming withinthe scope of the claims which follow.

vWhat is claimed is:

1. In a cash register, the combination with a plurality of keys, of amain actuator actuated at each operation of the machine, an

autographic attachment having a feeding device for record material,means intermediate saidfeedin device and certain ofsaid keys foractuating said device independent of the movement of the main actuatorwhenever one of said certain keys is operated and means intermediatesaid feeding device and main actuator and capable of cotiperationtherewith actuating said device upon each operation of the main actuatorand means for establishing or destroying such cooperation at will. 2. Ina cash register, the combination with a plurality of keys, of a mainactuator actusuch coupling operation.

ated at each operation of any of said keysf'a'n auxiliary actuatoractuated only when certain of said keys are operated, a recording devicehaving record material, and a feeding mechanism therefor, connectionsintermediate the auxiliary actuator and said feeding mechanism foroperating said feeding mechanism at each actuation of the auxiliaryactuator, and manipulative means for establishing a codperative relationbetween said main and auxiliary actuators whereby to operate saidfeeding mechanism at each actuation ofthe main actuator.

. 3. In 'acash register, the combination with a plurality of keys,-of amain actuator', an auxiliary actuator, an autographic device including afe ing mechanism for record material, conn ,t-ions intermediate thefeeding mechanism and the auxiliary actuator whereby said feedingmechanism will be actuated at -each operation of the auxiliary actuator,means for establishing'a coiiperative relation between the main andauxiliary actuators to effect an operation of the auxiliary actuator ateach operation of the main actuator, said means comprising a pivotedsliding plate adapted to be coupled to the main actuator and be operatedthereby, and manually adjustable means for effecting 4. In a cashregister, th combinationwith amount and special keys, of an autographic'device including paper feeding means, a

nesses.v

ROBERT BRIDEN. Witnesses A. J. IIADDAN, A. E. HATHAWAY.

.key coupler, a frame havingprojections po-

